How Ceuta's colonial past fuelled the deadly migrant border rush

Parvati Nair of The Conversation examines how the colonial legacies of Ceuta and Melilla shaped the deadly migrant rush at the Spanish-Moroccan border. Both enclaves have been contested between Europe and Africa for centuries, and their ambiguous status continues to influence current migration policy. The author argues that the border tensions are a direct consequence of this unresolved colonial history.

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